Calif. bar association opposes Miss. flag in display

Calif. group opposes Miss. banner in display

12:26 AM,
Jan. 3, 2014

Mississippi state flags wave in front of the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2000, following a pro-state flag news conference. Supporters of the state flag seek to protect the Confederate battle flag, which rests in the flag's top left corner. A state flag commission, appointed by the governor, will begin to hold public hearings on the flag starting Thursday in Tupelo, Miss.

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A Southern California bar association is asking the city of Santa Ana to remove the Mississippi flag from a display in front of a civic center.

In a statement, the Orange County Bar Association said the state's flag, part of Santa Ana's Plaza of the Flags, which sits in front of a complex that includes a courthouse and has all 50 state banners, should be removed because it is "inextricably linked to a legacy of racism, exclusion, oppression and violence."

The flag's Confederate emblem "has no place in our around courthouses," Orange County Bar president Wayne Gross said in a statement. ...